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- 1Comma Rules8 Comma Rules
- 21.- Use commas to separate items in a list of three or more.. Remember that an "item" may refer to a noun, verb, or adjective phrase.Note: Usage of a comma to separate the second-to-last from the last item is optional
EXAMPLE:
I need to buy eggs milk lettuce and bread
I need to buy eggs, milk, lettuce, and bread - 32.- Use a comma to separate independent clauses (complete thoughts) when they are joined by the following conjunctions: and | or | for | nor | so | but | yet |Note: The comma should come before the conjunction
EXAMPLE:
I want to buy the new jacket but it is too expensive
I want to buy the new jacket, but it is too expensive - 43.- Use a comma to separate a dependent clause (incomplete though) from an independent clause (complete thought).Here are some examples of sentences with dependent and independent clauses
1) When I get older, I will be able to drive -> (Dependent), (Independent)
2) If you are good, Iwill buy you a toy -> (Dependent), (Independent)
EXAMPLE:
Without water the plant will die.
Without water, the plant will die - 54.- Use a comma(s) to separate any word or phrase from the rest of the sentence that is not essential to the sentence's meaning. This phrase usually provides extra information about the subject.Here are some examples of sentences with words/phrases that are not essential to the sentence's meaning.
Here are some examples of sentences with words phrases that are not essential to the sentence's meaning
1) My brother, a 26 year old male, 1s watchung TV.
2) Amy Rivers, my best friend, 1s going to the mall today
3) I am ready for my dad, a hard wonking man, to come home - 65.- Use a comma to separate a quotation from the rest of a sentenceEXAMPLE:
"We need to buy more sugar" she said "before it runs out!"
"We need" to buy more sugar", She said, "before it runs out!" - 76)Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of a sentence.EXAMPLE:
Hi how are you?
Hi, how are you? - 87.- Use a comma to separate the name ofa city from a country or stateEXAMPLE:
I Live in Chapel Hill North Carolina.
I Live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina - 98.- Use a comma to separate the day of the week, the day of the month, and the year.EXAMPLE:
Today is Thursday April 18 1943.
Today is Thursday, April 18, 1943. - 10PERIODS The period has three primary functions: 1.- To show that a sentence. 2.-To show that an abbreviation has ended. 3.- As a decimal point.SEMICOLONS
The semicolons have three primary functions:
1.- To combine two closely related complete sentences (independent clauses) which are not joined by a conjunction.
2.- To separate complete sentences (independent clauses) that are joined by a conjunctive adverb.
3.- To separate items in a list when commas alone would be confusing. - 11THE COLON The Colon can be used in the following 7 ways:1.- Before a list is introduced by a completed sentence.
2.- To introduce the effect, or logical consequence of an action.
3.- Before a quotation.
4.- After the solution in a business letter or memo.
5.- To separate chapter and verse in scripture
6.- To separate hours from minutes.
7.- To show ratios.
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- Karteikarten am COMMA RULES, erstellt von Merari Castillo López am 18/06/2021.
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